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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

[Blog Tour * Reviews] UNFORGIVEN by Ruth Clampett @RuthyWrites

Unforgiven, an all-new sexy and emotional M/M love story from Ruth Clampett available now!!

Unforgiven by Ruth Clampett

Publication Date: March 9th, 2017

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Would you live a lie to hold onto the one you love?

Dean and Jason are best friends, like brothers since boyhood, now architecture students and college roommates. They’ve always had each other’s back, but when one walks in on the other with another man, everything changes. How do you explain to your best friend that he’s the one you’ve always wanted, that until now your life has been a lie?

Desperation and shame are two dirty words that run through Jason’s veins. He carries the scars from a wayward priest who stole his innocence and left him shattered. Meanwhile, for years he’s watched Dean pursuing woman after woman, as his own heart slowly breaks.

When their world blows apart, they learn the powerful bond between them has more fire than either understood. Can two broken souls find the light in their darkness and come together to make a whole, or will sins of the past be forever unforgiven?

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HB

This was my first m/m romance, so I was not sure what to expect. I have read a F/F romance, however, so there being a same sex relationship, was not an issue for me. Love chooses Love. Anyway, I could not put this book down! Dean was kind of a jerk, but I got over it eventually. This story is raw, and emotional. You can definitely feel all the feeling the characters do as they come to grips with their desires, and finding out who they really are. I would, for sure, suggest this title to other readers.

Anne Milne

This is a book of two halves for me and I didn't feel that the two halves fit together seamlessly.

I love friends to lovers romance it doesn't matter what the gender of the characters it's one of my favourite genres. Even though Dean and Jason have been friends for years sexually I just didn't feel that connection between them as friends yes but as lovers sadly not. There is a lot of sex in the first half of the book, but that's not a problem for me. It was just that some of the scenes felt very mechanical as if they were there just to underline that it was an m/m book. The second part of the story picked up because I started to feel them as a couple I started to believe in them. It was a good story, but sadly the romance was lacking.

Excerpt

“What started all of this tonight? First I walk in on you having sex with yourself … then you grill me about having sex with Ramon … and then you suggest we have sex.” He rakes his fingers through his hair. “You’re making me crazy, dude. How much did you drink anyway?” “Enough to loosen up and let my mind go places it normally doesn’t.” His eyes light up. “I’ll say.” “Hey, I’m really curious now. Will you let me fuck you? I promise I’ll follow what you want and take it slow.” “Oh Jesus. Are you serious? So more experimenting, huh?” “I think it’ll help me understand more about you.” “You know when I said I needed more, this isn’t exactly what I meant. Don’t get me wrong, the idea of you fucking me is making me hard as hell, but it’ll just complicate things even more.” “It doesn’t have to complicate things. Is it really so crazy to just want to make each other feel good?” I pause for a moment. “Come on, JJ.” Lifting myself off the bed, I slowly approach him. As I get closer, I press my naked body into him so he’s up against the doorjamb, then I boldly rub my palm over his hard cock that’s trapped in his pajama bottoms. I take a sharp breath because I’m shocked I’m even suggesting fucking my best friend. This is crazy, but feeling myself against him and imagining him naked under me is turning me on like a rocket with a sparking fuse. He stands frozen, every part of him perfectly still, and then he gasps for air. “Please, Dean, please tell me you aren’t toying with me.” I press my face into his neck. “I’m not toying with you, man. I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I have all these confusing feelings and my curiosity is through the roof. I’ve been so damn restless lately, and suddenly I have a feeling that if I turn a corner, I might find myself right where I need to be.” Jason slides his arm along my lower back and curves his fingers around my side, then pulls me closer. “Don’t make me hope for something, and then crush me. I wouldn’t be able to take it. Our friendship means everything to me. It’s why I’m still standing and fighting for a future, when for a long time I wasn’t sure if I deserved one.” I pull my head back so we can be face to face. It guts me to see so much pain in his eyes. Why the hell didn’t I see all of this before? He’s my best friend, dammit. I should have known he was hurting. He shakes his head. “I can’t lose you, Dean. I can’t. Tread carefully, man.” His eyes are glazed like he’s fighting back tears. I take his hand and guide him into my room. “You aren’t going to lose me. Maybe this whole thing of me learning your secrets happened to bring us closer.” “I want that,” he whispers, and then more softly he murmurs, “I want you.”

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About the Author:

Ruth Clampett, daughter of legendary animation director Bob Clampett, grew up surrounded by artists and animators. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, she has been VP of Design for Warner Brothers Studio Stores and taught photography at UCLA. Today she runs her own studio and as the Fine Art publisher for Warner Brothers Studios has come to know and work with some of the world’s greatest artists in the fields of animation and comics. Ruth lives and works in Los Angeles, strictly supervised by her teenage daughter, who helps plan their summer around their yearly pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic Con.

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